Provides an understanding of the root causes of routing congestion in VLSI circuits, techniques for estimating and optimizing this congestion. This book also offers a critical analysis of the accuracy and effectiveness of these techniques, so that the reader may choose an approach that is appropriate to their design goals. more...

This book presents an overview of the field of 3D IC design, with an emphasis on electronic design automation (EDA) tools and algorithms that can enable the adoption of 3D ICs, and the architectural implementation and potential for future 3D system design. The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a complete understanding of: the promise of... more...

The physical design flow of any project depends upon the size of the design, the technology, the number of designers, the clock frequency, and the time to do the design. As technology advances and design-styles change, physical design flows are constantly reinvented as traditional phases are removed and new ones are added to accommodate changes in... more...